The following applies to our Some Help and Full Help application packages, only.
Most private college counselors do not offer money-back guarantees because it is impossible for anyone to guarantee that a top 100 national university will accept you. However, we will guarantee a full refund of the Some Help or Full Help Application Package’s counseling fee if you meet all of the terms and conditions below:
Eligibility:
Some Help Application Package Customers:
Apply to at least three top 100 national universities on the US News & World Report’s Best Colleges of 2012: National University Rankings list where your academic qualifications (explained below) are on par with the middle 50% of applicants in your entering class. Then, if you are accepted by not a single top 100 university, you get your money back.
Full Help Application Package Customers:
Apply to your top 3-choice universities (i.e. the three you most want to attend) where your academic qualifications are on par with the middle 50% of applicants in your entering class. Important: at least two of those universities must offer you the opportunity to appeal a rejection letter. Then, if you are accepted by not a single one of your top three choices, you get your money back.
What are Academic Qualifications?
Academic qualifications are the statistics that a university releases to the public about the average GPA, class rank, course rigor, standardized test scores, etc. of its entering class (UCLA example [A]). Most universities publicize these academic qualifications shortly after decision letters are sent. Academic qualifications will be used as the key benchmark in determining whether or not a university you applied to is eligible for College Zoom’s money-back guarantee coverage.
How Do I Become Academically Competitive?
You are academically competitive if your GPA, class rank, course rigor, standardized test scores, etc. fall within the middle 50% range of a university’s entering class. Our guarantee to you is simple. If your academic qualifications are on par with the middle 50% of your entering class and our help doesn’t get you in, you get your money back.
How Do I Find Academic Qualifications?
Search online using “[name of university] freshman admission profile” or “[name of university] transfer admission profile” as your search terms. However, you won’t know how you compare to the middle 50% of applicants in your entering class until your entering class gets accepted.
If Academic Qualifications Are Not Reported:
If no academic qualification statistics are released by a college, the CollegeBoard’s “College Search Academic Tracker” tool will be used for reference. In this case, your academic qualifications must be on par with the range shared by the majority of admitted applicants (UCLA example [B]). If you are a transfer student and the average transfer GPAs is not reported by a university: a 3.6 cumulative transfer GPA will be the benchmark you must meet before your second to last semester before transferring to become eligible for our guarantee eligibility. If no statistics are 1) released by a university or 2) reported through the CollegeBoard website whatsoever (extremely rare), the university will not be eligible for College Zoom’s money-back guarantee coverage.
Your Responsibility:
You must assume responsibility for the following:
- You must submit all of your application materials on time.
- You must ensure that you satisfy each college’s minimum requirements for admission before and after you apply.
- You must not experience a significant drop in academic performance or engage in any conduct that causes a university, eligible for this guarantee coverage, to withdraw your admissions offer.
If You Are Not Accepted:
Note: being admitted or offered the option of mid-term enrollment constitutes an acceptance. If you are not offered either by a single university that would qualify for our guarantee coverage, you must allow us to help you appeal the admissions decision of at least two of those universities (provided free of charge).
If the Appeal is Unsuccessful:
You must provide proof that you submitted your applications on time, copies of the decision letters, post-marked envelopes mailed to you by the universities, and send us your latest transcript to verify that you have not experienced a significant decline in your academic performance since you applied (e.g. grades of D or F).
If you cannot satisfy all of the terms and conditions described on this page, you will void our money-back guarantee.
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